In a CARACAL meeting, the European Commission has introduced the latest update of the ‘Rolling List of (groups of) substances for restriction’, which is part of the Restrictions Roadmap. HEAL has provided feedback to the updated rolling list and note concerns on the repeated delays in the implementation of restrictions of groups of substances that have been included in the Roadmap for several years.
HEAL has commented on the CARACAL 54 presentation of the main findings from the investigation report on aromatic brominated flame retardants.
As already underlined in a joint NGO letter to the EU Commission from the end of March 2025, HEAL calls on the Commission to swiftly give a mandate to ECHA to restrict all ABFRs, based on the findings within the 2024 investigation report and the 2023 regulatory strategy for flame retardants.
In addition to the joint letter, HEAL has listed comments onhttps://www.env-health.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/HEAL-comments-on-ABFR-investigation-report.pdf points that were briefly touched upon during the CARACAL-54 discussions which are additional reasons for a fast restriction of ABFRs and strongly oppose a further delay in risk management of this group of chemicals.
Full HEAL comments on the CARACAL 54 presentation
